How to Use lidocaine in a Sentence

lidocaine

noun
  • Not to fear, this gel has lidocaine to numb the skin and aloe to soothe it.
    — Brett Baker, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 June 2021
  • This includes drugs like lidocaine, which is used to numb pain.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Once there, a doctor poured lidocaine in her ear and the insect died.
    — Tamara Lush, OrlandoSentinel.com, 4 May 2018
  • For some, the researchers washed their roots and exposed them to lidocaine.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 12 Dec. 2017
  • The amount of lidocaine used depends on how dense the hair is, plus where on the body it will be removed.
    — Lisa Mulcahy, Good Housekeeping, 16 June 2023
  • The cream contains lidocaine and is rubbed into muscles to ease pain.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 20 Dec. 2025
  • Morphine, fentanyl and lidocaine couldn’t soothe all her pain.
    — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas Morning News, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Injectable lidocaine numbing takes away at least 95% of the pain, White said.
    — Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 25 June 2021
  • Over-the-counter pain medications and lidocaine cream can also be used for pain relief.
    — Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Tests then confirmed he'd been given a potentially lethal dose of the drug lidocaine.
    — Becca Longmire, People.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • After three urgent care visits, I was placed on gabapentin and viscous lidocaine.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 2 Nov. 2022
  • The block is done by injecting a local anesthetic, often lidocaine, on top of and near the cervix.
    — Sarah Boden, NPR, 20 May 2025
  • Fixing that error required a removal procedure, even more ink, and some lidocaine shots for the pain.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 14 Feb. 2020
  • Lokanc and some others who testified said the gender of a horse makes no difference in testing for lidocaine.
    — Beth Harris, ajc, 20 Apr. 2021
  • So Xie should’ve injected no more than 36 milligrams of lidocaine.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 12 June 2024
  • To dull pain, lidocaine may be injected into the prostate, and most doctors will offer a sedative for patients who want one.
    — Laura Johannes, WSJ, 23 Apr. 2017
  • Two types of topical pain relievers used for back pain are capsaicin and lidocaine, which are available in creams and patches.
    — Carrie Madormo, Rn, Health, 23 Jan. 2023
  • The physicians had injected the woman’s arm with the anesthetic lidocaine—a dose strong enough to deaden her limb for surgery.
    — Douglas Fox, Scientific American, 1 Apr. 2018
  • Your doctor can prescribe a cream with lidocaine or another anesthetic to relieve the pain until the tiny tear heals.
    — Rozalynn S. Frazier, SELF, 10 Mar. 2022
  • Use a numbing spray or lidocaine gel specifically made for perineal use to reduce pain and discomfort.
    — Robin Elise Weiss, Phd, Parents, 1 July 2024
  • These products contain lidocaine, menthol, capsaicin, and camphor to cool, heat, or numb the affected back area.
    — Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Those include products like IV saline bags, cancer chemotherapy drugs and lidocaine, which is used to numb pain.
    — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Jackson Browne's son, Ethan, died from the effects of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and lidocaine.
    — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Jan. 2026
  • The office said that multiple drugs were found in his system, including fentanyl, lidocaine and cocaine.
    — Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Some of these contain hydrocortisone, witch hazel, zinc oxide or lidocaine, which can help reduce itching and swelling.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Prescription lidocaine ointment, an anesthetic, helped stopped the pain and itching.
    — Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Any anesthetic product used on the toad must contain 20% benzocaine or lidocaine.
    — Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 23 June 2026
  • The Iditarod says Marrs' dogs did have a small amount of lidocaine in their system but not enough to trigger a positive test.
    — Fox News, 7 Mar. 2018
  • And they've been found in oral and neck cancer cells with one study finding that their activation using the common anesthetic, lidocaine, caused the cells to die off.
    — New Atlas, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Then a small amount of lidocaine to numb the vein, followed by a large dose of propofol — the anesthetic often used to ease people to sleep before operations.
    — Catherine Porter Photographs and Video By Leslye Davis, New York Times, 25 May 2017

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